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Aardvark Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock

Healthcare · Biotechnology

$5.53

Up+$0.38 (+7.38%)

Updated Sep 18, 2026, 2:17 AM

SID Score

2.8/10

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Market cap
271.95M
P/E ratio
-5.56
Dividend yield
0.00%
52-week range
$3.35 – $17.94
Volume
258.08K
Avg. volume
188.95K

Price performance

AARD price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

AARD closed at $5.53 after 20 trading sessions, down 6.11% for the selected period.

Last close
$5.53
Period change
-6.11%
Period low
$4.92
Period high
$7.25
Daily close
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AARD OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 17, 2026$5.32$5.77$5.19$5.53258.08K
Sep 16, 2026$5.04$5.29$4.93$5.1547.91K
Sep 15, 2026$5.47$5.545$5.01$5.0264.15K
Sep 14, 2026$4.90$5.88$4.80$5.55216.86K
Sep 11, 2026$5.11$5.54$4.975$5.13276.57K
Sep 10, 2026$4.87$5.015$4.54$5.01209.38K
Sep 9, 2026$5.33$5.456$4.895$4.92109.95K
Sep 8, 2026$5.33$5.71$5.10$5.33164.75K
Sep 4, 2026$5.72$5.991$5.15$5.38257.81K
Sep 3, 2026$5.92$6.19$5.60$5.7389.32K
Sep 2, 2026$6.05$6.225$5.795$5.9559.41K
Sep 1, 2026$6.00$6.245$5.807$5.9285.01K
Aug 31, 2026$5.70$6.155$5.30$6.10125.44K
Aug 28, 2026$6.47$6.47$5.62$5.79143.1K
Aug 27, 2026$6.89$7.085$6.585$6.6274.26K
Aug 26, 2026$7.29$7.30$6.21$6.81111.94K
Aug 25, 2026$6.94$7.31$6.49$7.25145.2K
Aug 24, 2026$6.75$6.97$6.2826$6.8883.3K
Aug 21, 2026$5.91$6.90$5.80$6.82173.69K
Aug 20, 2026$6.76$7.12$5.76$5.89250.19K

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AARD research

Overview

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Company profile

Aardvark Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing novel, small-molecule therapeutics to activate innate homeostatic pathways for the treatment of metabolic diseases. It is focused on on developing selective compounds, targeting Bitter Taste Receptors (TAS2Rs) for hunger-associated conditions. Its product candidate, ARD-101, is an oral gut-restricted small-molecule agonist of certain TAS2Rs expressed in the gut lumen for which have initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial for hyperphagia associated with PWS.

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Average target
$21.00
Implied upside
Analysts
AARD recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Jul 20, 2026HC Wainwright & Co.Neutral
May 15, 2026Morgan StanleyUnderweight
May 15, 2026B. Riley SecuritiesBuy
May 15, 2026BTIGNeutral
Mar 24, 2026BTIGBuy
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